Hat bag



Jul s, 1938.

J. CALLAHAN HAT BAG 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 7, 1957 Quick Callakazz INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

July 5, 193$, J H N 2,122,714

HAT BAG Filed Sept. 7, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 (T0702 (jallaham I N VEN TOR.

A TTORNEYS.

July 5, 1938.

J. CALLAHAN HAT BAG Filed Sept. '7, 1957 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

I A TTORNEYS.

Patented July 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 Claims.

This invention aims to provide a novel means for housing and hanging up an article of head- Wear, the article being protected against the accumulationof dust and otherwise. The invention aims to provide a housing having a socket of novel construction, adapted to receive a suspension element, together with novel means for securing the socket to the casing.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and ar rangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the in vention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in longitudinal section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the socket;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the socket;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section showing a modification of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the socket;

Fig, '7 is a rear elevation of the socket;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the socket wherein the socket is shown collapsed or folded;

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section showing a further modification of' the invention;

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the socket;

Fig. 12 is a rear elevation of the socket;

Fig. 13 is a transverse section on the line I3-|3 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing a modification.

' Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, there is shown a casing l, preferably made of flexible material, such as cloth, paper, Cellophane or the like. The casing I is permanently closed at the top, as shown at 2, but is open at the bottom, so that an article of head-wear can be introduced into it. In Fig. 1, the casing is shown at 3 as being temporarily and releasably closed by an operator, after the article of head-wear has been introduced into the casing.

The casing I comprises a rear wall 4 provided intermediate its upper and lower ends, and

nearer to its upper end than to its lower end, with a hole 5 through which extends an upwardly inclined flexible, conical socket 5. The socket 6 may be made of the same material as that of the casing I, or of any other suitable material, The socket 6 is provided at its mouth with a bounding marginal flange, made up of a plurality of tongues I which may be overlapped upon and secured to the outer surface of the rear wall 4, since it is more convenient to secure the flange to the outer surface of the wall 4 than to the inner wall thereof.

The device is adapted to be used in connection with an article of head-wear including a crown, the article of head-wear being introduced into the casing I through the open lower end of the casing. Since the socket 6 is flexible, it will collapse against the rear wall 4 of the casing I, by contact with the article of head-wear, when the article is introduced into the casing I, and thereafter, the socket B will be expansible within the crown of the article of head-wear, as shown in Fig. 1, to suspend the article of headwear in the casing, a suspension element being inserted into the socket, and the casing and the article of head-wear then being hung up together on the suspension element.

In Figs. 5 to 8, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suffix a. The socket 6a is elongated length-wise of the casing la and has a curved lower edge 9 and upwardly converging straight side edges Ill. The lower edge 9 is provided with a flange made up of tongues 12. The side edges ID are supplied with wings H, the wings being extended above the socket and being crossed upon each other as shown at I4. The flange which is made up of the tongues l2, and the wings H, are secured to the rear wall 4a of the casing la.

In Figs. 10 to 13, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the sufiix b. The device under discussion resembles in many particulars, the form shown in Figs. 5 to 8. The socket 6b has a straight lower edge I I and straight converging edges I6. A single tongue I8 is connected. to the socket at the straight lower edge II. The straight lateral edges 16 of the socket 6b are supplied with Wings [9 crossed on each other as shown at 2|, at the upper end of the socket, and the lower ends of the Wings are extended as shown at 20, below the lower edge I! of the socket 612. The tongue I8 and the wings 19 are secured to the rear wall 41) of the casing lb.

In all of its forms, the device affords a simple and practical means for housing and hanging up an article of head-wear.

When not in use, or for packing and shipment, the entire device may be flattened down and folded up, as the manufacturer or user may wish and the article will take up no more space than a good sized- 1. In a device for housing and hanging an article of head-wear including a crown, a casing closed at the top and open at the bottom for theintroduction of the article of head-wear, the casing including a rear wall, and a socket car ried by the rear wall and projectingintothe' casing, the socket being long enough to engage within the crown of the article of head-Wear and suspending the article of head-wearin the casing, the socket opening through the rear wall to receive a suspension element, whereon the casing and the article of head-wear maybe hung up together.

2. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the socket is flexible, whereby it will be collapsed against the rear wall of the casing by contact with the article of head-wear,

when the article is introduced into the casing, and ,be expansible within the crown of the article of head-Wear, to receive the suspension element. I

3. A device of the class described, constructed as set forthin claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the rear wall has a hole through which the socket extends, thesocket having marginal attaching means secured to the outer surface of the rear wall. i

4. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the socket is provided with an outstanding marginal flange secured to the rear Wall.

5. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the socket has a curved lower edge and converging side edges, the lower edge being provided with aflange, and the side edges having wings, the wings being, extended above the socket and being crossed on each other, the

flange and the wings 'beingsecured to the rear Wall. s 6. A device of the'class described, constructed as set forth inclaim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the socket has converging side edges and a straight lower edge, the lower edge being provided with a single tongue, and the side edges having wings, the wings being extended above the socket and crossed on each other, the flange and the wings being secured to the rear Wall; r

7. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the socket has a lower edge and.

converging side edges, the side edges having wings; the wings being extended above the socket and crossed on each other, the ings being secured to the rear wall, and means for securing the lower edge of the socket tothe rear wall.

JOHN CALLAI-IANQ 

